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AWARDS AND HONOURS - January 2019

Jan 2019

Aug 18, 2021

MeitY-NASSCOM Start-up Women Entrepreneur Awards 2020-21

Government of India announced MeitY-NASSCOM Start-up Women Entrepreneur Awards 2020-2021 at a special event held virtually to celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
The awards were open to participation from tech start-up women entrepreneurs and an overwhelming response was received across the country with receipt of 159 applications. After detailed deliberations and review based on entrepreneurial journey, financial performance, strategic direction, innovation & disruption, market growth, business viability & sustainability, business model scalability, corporate social responsibility, product, business, market and technology excellence, an eminent Jury comprising of leaders from MeitY, UN Women, Industry and Academia selected 12 women entrepreneurs as winners, while 2 women entrepreneurs were declared as the Jury Choice Awardees and one woman entrepreneur was felicitated as a special mention. Each winner and Jury Choice Awardees were rewarded Rs. 2 Lakh.

Aug 16, 2021

President Awards Gallantry Awards

More than 140 personnel of the armed forces and the paramilitary forces were awarded gallantry awards by President Ram Nath Kovind.
The total 144 gallantry awards include one Ashok Chakra, the country' highest peacetime military awards, awarded posthumously to J&K Police ASI Babu Ram.
J&K Police Constable, Altaf Hussain Bhat, was awarded the Kirti Chakra, also posthumously.
The Defence Ministry mentioned in a statement that 15 Shaurya Chakras, four Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 116 Sena Medals (Gallantry), five Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), and two Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) were awarded.
The President has also approved 28 Mention-in-Despatches to the Army personnel for their significant contributions in different military operations, which include three posthumous for 'Operation Rakshak' and 'Operation Snow Leopard'.

Aug 15, 2021

Union Home Minister's 'Medal for Excellence in Investigation' for 2021

As many as 152 police officers in the country have been conferred with the 'Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation' for 2021 for their high professional standards of investigation of crime.
The awardees include 28 women police officials from across the country.
This medal was constituted in 2018 with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognise such excellence in investigation by investigating officers.

Aug 14, 2021

Indian Team Wins US Innovation Award

SoftWorthy has been conferred the prestigious National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (NSF I-Corps) Teams Award in the United States. SoftWorthy's award-winning project focuses on developing state-of-the-art computational methods for 'stochastic modelling, design simulation and sensitivity analysis of electronic devices like printed-circuit-boards (PCBs), which are critical for the growth of novel technological applications like driverless vehicles and energy-efficient smart buildings.

Aug 13, 2021

Nagaland Wins 7 National Awards Under "Van Dhan Yojana Scheme"

Nagaland was conferred with seven national awards on the first Van Dhan Annual Awards 2020-21, during the celebration of 34th foundation day of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED).
The awards were presented by Union Tribal Minister, Arjun Munda through a Zoom webinar.
The state received seven national awards, with 1st positions in – 'Best Survey State', 'Best Training' and 'Most number of VDVKC's established'.

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